Chapter 012: Eating Watermelons in the Archives of Lies (1)
After Mo Qianhe loaded the copy, he opened his eyes and saw an archive.
But this archive is crooked, as if made of paper, and looks shaky.
He and Liu Tang came to the same conclusion: this building seemed to be drawn by a clumsy artist.
He looked around and roughly judged that they should be in a school campus.
There are teaching buildings, sports fields and cafeterias around it, all in the style of crooked simple drawings.
Since the word "Archives" is in the copy name, the game must start in the Archives. Mo Qianhe did not move rashly and waited for Jiang Minxu and Liu Tang to appear.
Jiang Minxu was at a different location than the one he had entered, but he also quickly arrived at the door of the archives.
At this time, the live broadcast room has begun to cry:
"Oh my god, how could my beloved President Jiang end up in this dungeon?! It's over!"
"It's over, it's over. My favorite liar Mo is here too."
"This is my first time watching a live stream of this dungeon. Why is the first one so pessimistic? Aren't these two players very strong?"
"No matter how strong you are, it's useless! In this dungeon, since I watched the live broadcast, no player has lasted more than an hour. They all get wiped!"
"I see the survival rate for the dungeon isn't 1%. That means some people have managed to clear it."
"I've searched all the forums, but I can't find any footage or records of the player who completed the game. I suspect the lowest survival rate the system can display is 1%, otherwise it should be 0."
"So this dungeon has never had a clearing guide? My dear President Jiang, please don't let anything happen to you!"
After greeting Jiang Minxu, Mo Qianhe saw a tall and thin man walking towards them.
Mo Qianhe frowned and said to Jiang Minxu beside him, "From now on, I will be called 'Bai Gan' in this dungeon."
When Jiang Minxu heard this, he followed the other person's gaze and looked at the tall and thin man approaching not far away.
Although this man has handsome features, his cheeks are sunken, making him look a little sinister.
Jiang Minxu recognized the man at a glance. He was a notorious player - "Lao Cheng".
Although his ranking in points is not high, he will do anything to get more points after passing the level, and the death rate of players who pass the level with him remains high.
His reputation has long been spread throughout the live broadcast room and player forums, so most players now avoid him when they see him.
It's not a good thing to meet this person in a copy where the survival rate is almost zero.
Jiang Minxu's heart sank again.
Thinking of Mo Qianhe's request, he couldn't help but guess:
Could it be that Mo Qianhe has a grudge against Lao Cheng?
There was another round of discussion in the live broadcast room:
"Oh my god, how come this damn liar Lao Cheng also entered this dungeon."
"The dungeon was already difficult to survive, and now it's even worse!"
"It doesn't matter! I believe that liar Mo can compete with liar Lao Cheng!"
"Hahaha, a showdown between two liars, huh?"
Jiang Minxu was just about to carefully memorize the other party's pseudonym when he heard a calm female voice coming from behind them: "Mo Qianhe? Are you in this instance too?"
Mo Qianhe closed his eyes speechlessly.
Jiang Minxu couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw that this person's identity was exposed before he had time to disguise himself.
Now I don’t have to remember the pseudonym, and I feel a little more relaxed.
Mo Qianhe pretended nothing happened and turned around to look at the person who had just called him.
The other party was none other than the female pilot Song Xiaoyan whom I met in the previous copy.
This time she did not wear a pilot uniform, but a casual and capable dark suit. Her soft short hair swayed back and forth with her steps, making her look even more heroic.
After greeting the other party, Mo Qianhe asked, "Did you randomly select the dungeon to save points? This dungeon is a bit too difficult for a novice player who is going through it for the second time."
Jiang Minxu was a little surprised to hear this.
It's the second time to pass the level and encounter this level of difficulty. Isn't this person's luck too bad?
A trace of sympathy appeared on his face.
Unexpectedly, the capable girl on the other side waved her hand and said, "I just wanted to quickly accumulate enough points so that the system could help me find my childhood friend. So I specifically entered a more difficult dungeon, after all, the rewards are higher. To be safe, I also found an experienced player to guide me through the dungeon."
After saying that, she raised her hand and greeted the tall, thin man who was approaching: "Lao Cheng, let me introduce you. This is Mo Qianhe, a player I met in the last dungeon."
Mo Qiangan: "..."
It’s not enough to just call out your real name, you also have to introduce yourself seriously, right?
Jiang Minxu didn't laugh this time, his brows furrowed.
When Lao Cheng heard the name, he looked at Mo Qianhe meaningfully, extended his hand and introduced himself in a friendly manner: "I'm Lao Cheng, Cheng means honesty. Since we have entered the same dungeon, let's work together to clear it."
Mo Qianhe returned the handshake with a fake smile, but did not answer the other person.
Instead, Jiang Minxu turned his head and asked Song Xiaoyan, "Is he the veteran player you found... to guide you through the dungeon?"
Song Xiaoyan nodded: "He is quite strong and has obtained the highest score in dungeons many times."
"He killed all the other players, so of course he can get the highest score." Jiang Minxu complained in his heart.
Any player with a little experience in the forum will know that Lao Cheng is not trustworthy.
It turns out that new players are easy to cheat.
Jiang Minxu thought that they might have to cooperate to pass the level later, so it was not easy to expose Lao Cheng's disguise in person.
He shook hands with the other person with a fake smile, thinking of finding an opportunity to remind the deceived girl.
The live broadcast room has already complained:
"This new player's vision is hard to describe..."
"Well, you can't blame her. After all, Lao Cheng is quite good at pretending."
"It's hard to judge. I hope she dies quickly..."
As several people were trying to please each other with their own ulterior motives, the door of the archives was opened from the inside.
Liu Tang, dressed in a shirt and trousers, cheerfully greeted the players outside: "You must be the newcomers helping out in the archives today! Come on, come on, we're waiting for you!"
The four players all looked at Liu Tang.
Jiang Minxu was originally frowning because of the difficulty of the dungeon and the player Lao Cheng. Seeing Liu Tang so relaxed, his brows seemed to be gently massaged and slowly relaxed.
Song Xiaoyan was stunned when she saw the familiar face of the NPC.
The audience in the live broadcast room was also stunned:
"Hey... why does this NPC look familiar..."
"Isn't this Nie Jing Ding Ba's boss?! Why is he here?!"
"This must be destiny! I can see my wife even in 'Tongue Pulling Wujiu'!"
"Could it be that this NPC is so beautiful that the system wants to reuse it?!"
"Why don't I remember the guide NPC in this dungeon looking like this?"
In front of the archives gate, Liu Tang was also stunned when he saw the causal line between Mo Qianhe and a tall and thin player.
[Wow! There's actually a melon from Mo Qianhe today! ]
Mo Qianhe listened to the other person's inner thoughts and raised his hands to cover his face.
It seems that this little salted fish is going to eat the melon himself today.
"Liu Tang? Are you the same person as Liu Tang in 'Wanjing Garden'?" Song Xiaoyan asked.
Before Liu Tang could answer, a girl's voice came from not far away: "Xiaoyan? Is that you?"
When Song Xiaoyan heard this voice, her whole body trembled and she looked back in surprise.
The girl coming towards me walked a little hesitantly.
She was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, with her long hair tied behind her ears, looking fresh and clean.
A pair of big eyes filled with complex emotions.
After Song Xiaoyan saw the appearance of the person coming, she ran towards him quickly.
"Qin Zhengyi!" Song Xiaoyan shouted and hugged the other person tightly, even making the girl who looked thinner than her take a step back.
The girl who was hugged had tears in her eyes: "Why are you dead too?"
Song Xiaoyan let go of him, fought back tears, and said with a smile, "You're really good at chatting."
Mo Qianhe guessed that this girl named Qin Zhengyi was the childhood friend that Song Xiaoyan had been fighting for.
They can meet again after just going through two copies, but the copy they meet in is a difficult copy with only a 1% survival rate.
I don’t know whether this is lucky or unfortunate.
His guess was soon confirmed by Liu Tang.
Liu Tang looked at Song Xiaoyan, then at the causal connection between her and the girl next to her, and said in surprise, "Ah! You found your childhood friend so quickly? Congratulations!"
When Song Xiaoyan heard this, she understood that this guiding NPC was the boss in "Wanjing Garden".
So the dungeon boss also works part-time in other dungeons?
Song Xiaoyan felt a sense of sympathy for the workers.
"Hey? Lao Mo! What a coincidence!" A confident male voice echoed throughout the open space.
Jiang Minxu thought the man was calling Mo Qianhe, so he looked over curiously, only to find that the man was greeting the tall and thin man named Lao Cheng.
The man was broad-shouldered and big-waisted, with thick and prominent earlobes, and when he smiled he looked like a Buddha.
He raised his fat hand and patted Lao Cheng's thin shoulder hard, as if he wanted to break him.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect to see you again in hell? Yeah, that's right, it's normal for people like us to go to hell." The person who was better at chatting kept talking about "hell", but he still had a smile on his face.
Jiang Minxu looked at "Lao Cheng's" expression again, which had obviously changed from stiffness to anger.
"So this Lao Cheng isn't called 'Lao Cheng,' but 'Lao Mo.' Could his last name also be 'Mo'? It's really interesting to see these two swindlers with the last name 'Mo' exposed at the same time."
Jiang Minxu was guessing in his heart, and his eyes were moving back and forth between Mo Qianhe and Lao Mo to confirm.
When you look closely, you'll find that there's some similarity between their eyebrows and eyes.
This old Mexican doesn't look very old. Could it be that they are brothers?
Jiang Minxu was guessing at the clues on Mo Qianhe, but he didn't know that Liu Tang observed that there was a faint causal connection between him and the new fat man.
[There are quite a few melons today! ]
Liu Tang couldn't wait to eat the melon, but he counted the number of people and said, "Hey? There's one person missing."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a young man running towards him from a distance: "I'm coming! Sorry, the buildings around here are like ghost paintings. I've been looking for a long time to find the way."
This person was dressed fashionably and his hairstyle was obviously well-groomed. His appearance and temperament were extremely outstanding in the crowd.
When President Jiang Minxu saw this man, his face froze.
When Liu Tang saw the causal connection between this stylish handsome guy and Jiang Minxu, his eyes lit up again.
[Oh, that's good, there are more and more melons.]
When Mo Qianhe heard Liu Tang's words, his originally helpless mood suddenly became clear.
Pay attention to the expressions of the people around you, and guess who has the new melon.
Then he saw Song Xiaoyan’s childhood friend Qin Zhengyi and became very excited.
Qin Zhengyi poked her childhood friend frantically with her elbow, signaling to the oncoming fashionable young man, "Hey, big star Fang Yiran! Your 'husband'!"
Hearing this, the others looked over curiously.
The big star who was running all the way here was also frightened and stopped in his tracks.
Mo Qianhe paid attention to Qin Zhengyi's gossip-filled state. If Song Xiaoyan had not confessed that this person died of suicide, it would be hard to tell that she had been overwhelmed and even attempted suicide.
Song Xiaoyan quickly covered her childhood friend's mouth and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just an ordinary fan of Fang Yiran."
Fang Yiran finally relaxed from his awkwardness and took the opportunity to greet everyone: "Fang Yiran, please give me your guidance."
He glanced at everyone and saw Jiang Minxu, and his relaxed back stiffened again.
Jiang Minxu walked forward and extended his hand, his intention to hide his true intentions becoming more obvious. "Hello, I'm the president of the Poshan Guild, Jiang Minxu."
Fang Yiran understood that the other party was trying to pretend to be unfamiliar, so he shook hands with her in cooperation: "Hello, hello."
[Tsk tsk, this guy is really good at pretending to be unfamiliar.]
Liu Tang felt emotional in his heart.
Mo Qianhe used this opportunity to figure out that there was something going on between President Jiang Minxu and the big star Fang Yiran.
Fang Yiran was quite famous during his lifetime.
Although after entering the "18th level of Hell", players are more attracted to players with high clearance points, there are still many players who know him.
A small group of his fans also flocked into the live broadcast room at this time:
"Ahhh, our Ranran has also entered this death-defying dungeon?!"
"Light the candles. I will remember you, my husband when he was alive!"
"Light the candle. Luckily I have other husbands."
"Light the candles, goodbye to my 23rd husband."
“Hahahaha, you fans know how to let go.”
Liu Tang swept his eyes across all the causal lines in front of him. The causal line between Mo Qianhe and the tall and thin man was the most conspicuous. It was obvious that they were related by blood. Just when he was about to gossip about whether these two people who were also pretending to be strangers were brothers, he heard the system urging.
He had no choice but to suppress his curiosity and lead the seven players into the archives room.
The archives were very empty, with only five empty shelves.
There is a portrait of a person on each shelf, but it is just a simple patchwork of color blocks and you can't see the person's appearance at all.
Fortunately, each character has a different hairstyle and brightly colored clothes, making them easy to distinguish.
The basic information of these people is recorded below the portraits. They are all college students around 20 years old.
The name is a bit strange.
"Sad Matryoshka, Whispering Orchid, Stepping on a Thousand Sails, Blind Shiba Inu, Snow Elf in the Water... These are online names, right? They're weird." said the player who was as fat as a Buddha.
Liu Tang motioned for silence and began his introduction at ten times the normal speed: "This is the 'Archives of Lies.' Due to some unimportant reasons, the files of these five university students in our archives have been lost and are scattered across the campus. I'd like to ask all the new archivists to inspect these lost fragments and return them to their original locations."
"As long as everyone collects all the files, and each person collects at least one file fragment, you can pass the newcomer assessment~"
"The time limit is two hours, so let's go find the fragments!" After Liu Tang said this, he couldn't wait to squeeze next to Mo Qianhe and prepare to start eating the melon.
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